House-door letter-box



(No Model.)-

' J. H. GROSS.

HOUSE DOOR LETTER BOX.

Patented ott. 20, 1891.

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NITED TATES JACOB H. GROSS, or NIANTIO, ILLINOIS.

HOUSE-DOOR LETTER-BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 461,475, dated October20, 1891.

Application filed March 26, 1891. Serial No. 386,456. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAcoB H. Gross, of Niantic, in the county of Maconand State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Letter-l3oxes, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a cheap, neat, and durableletter-box that is weather-proof, that cannot be easily robbed, and thatmay be locked or otherwise secured I attain my object in the mannerhereinafter set forth, reference being had to the drawings accompanyingand forming a part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of my device. Fig. 2 is a side elevationof the same. Fig. 3 is a central vertical section from front to back.Fig. 4 is a representation of the bottom of the box.

The casing 1 is preferably of cast metal, and it has the top 5 providedwith opening 2, through'which the letters pass. The door 3 normallycloses the opening. It is inclined and detached to shed water. It ishinged at 3", and it has the weighted extension 3. The opening 2 isprovided with a lid 4, which is hinged at 4, and which may be closedwhen necessary to exclude snow or sleet from contact with door 3. Thebottom of the box 13 is hinged at 13 and has the upwardly-extendedportion 13. It also has the stop 14 and the lock-block 15, provided witha hole for padlock 16. Lug 7 on the lower front part of easing 1provides a bearing for button -8.

Lugs 9 and 10 provide means for securing the device to a door or othersupport, screws being passed through holes in the lugs and into thesupport. The shaft 11 is to be extended through the rear wall of the boxand through the door to which itis attached. It has a button 12 insidethe box, adapted to engage extension 1% of the lower door, and it alsohas a knob or other turning device on its opposite end. The glass 6 inthe front of the casing exposes the letters in the box. The roof and allupper surfaces are inclined in order to shed water.

Letters placed in opening2 depress door 3, and following the courseindicated by arrows in Fig. 3'strike first against incline 1", thenagainst incline 1, and fall against the face of the box out of the wayof other letters that may be subsequently introduced. The surface 1 isinterposed between the letters and the opening .in such manner as tomake it difficult to rob the box by m ans of an implement introducedthrough the upper door.

The button 8 will hold the lower door closed, or the knob on shaft 11maybe turned and button 12 be made to hold the door in ,such manner thatone outside the house cannot open it; or the padlock 16 may be appliedif itis desired to make the fastening unusually secure.

V I claim I 1. A letter-box consisting of a front wall having its upperportion curved inwardly and its lower portion curved outwardly, a rearwall having an inward curve corresponding to the outward curve of thefront wall, a, delivery-door in the lower end and a receivingdoor in theupper end over the inward curve of the front wall, as set forth.

2. The letter-box 1, having the receivingopening 2, the inclined door 3,set below and detached from the top of thebox, the discharge-door 13,having the stop 14 and the lock-block15, the button 8, and the shaft 11,having button 12, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I sign my name in the presence of two subscribingwitnesses.

JACOB H. GROSS.

